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The Green Blog shares news and information related to forestry/wildfire, sustainability, climate, environmental stewardship and other green topics.

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Cannabis production operation with mountains in the distance
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Exploring the complexities of cannabis farming in rural areas

May 18th, 2023
Land use change in agricultural frontiers can have far-reaching social and environmental implications, such as habitat loss, water contamination, or worker demographic shifts particularly when it involves the rapid expansion of a new industry such as cannabis production.
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Tribal Engagement at the Hopland Research and Extension Center

May 5th, 2023
By Adina Merenlender
The Hopland Research and Extension Center is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Shqowa and Hopland People, whose historical and spiritual relationship with these lands continues to this day and beyond (for more on the Land and people history of the site, see this story m...
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View of Lone Bobcat Woods during a Forest Stewardship Placer-Nevada County field day. Photo credit: Kim Ingram.
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Top 10 tools for new forest landowners

April 21st, 2023
By Grace N Dean
Earth Day 2023 celebrates the ways in which we can all invest in our planet, and forest landowners play a considerable role in this. Part of being a forest landowner is deciding where and when to invest your time, money and energy.
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